Sadullah Khan –
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in the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful, or our
Creator, our cherisher, our militia and our sustain.
We bear witness there's none worthy of worship but Allah. We
bear witness who believe in all the prophets, who came in the
great light of divine And we bear witness of God the law Rasul Allah
while they were sending them, the final of all the emissaries of
Allah.
mistreated Allah, ma elders, brothers and sisters respected
youth, I greet you are the Islamic universal greeting of peace. May
the peace the mercy of the blessings of Allah be upon each
and every one present here and all of those who are listening on
radio 76 and viewing this on the television, agreed to a salam Wa
alaykum warahmatullahi wa wa barakato.
This year, we had to hit every month of Muharram flow into the
calendar month of September. And this flowing together this
confluence of September brings to mind the historical struggle for
justice.
When we consider the notion of justice in Islam,
we immediately reflect
on the mission of prophets throughout history.
Peace be upon all of them has always been in the hands of an all
embracing one.
They came as guidance in the king as models of excellence, where the
caliber has
matured Rasul Allah Waje, tenable tahu hood. Indeed within every
community, there was raised apostle
entrusted with the message, worship Allah and shun the powers
of evil and the forces of injury
for the purpose of developing faith
of reforming society became for the upliftment and moral
development of human beings and also for the implementation of
social justice.
We are reminded of this responsibility that they brought
and which we are supposed to continue every
in our hub in Allah yet Maru, beloved level, yeah son will eat
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either come look into the Quran every week, we are reminded of
this, you know, Allah says, surely Allah commands Justice, Allah
commands justice and goodness and generosity and kindness to near
ones. Allah forbids evil. He forbids corruption, he forbids
injustice. And He admonished us as you. He warns you advises you so
that you may be reminded
in Islam,
justice is a moral virtue that creates a state of equilibrium, a
balance in the distribution of rights and that of duties of the
people
and justice is central to the Quranic value system.
And if he's among the primary mission of Prophets, Allah says,
Allah Rasulullah billbergia Not once. Muhammad Kitab al Meezan,
Leah kumin, Nashville priest, Allah sent prophets throughout
history with a clear guidance and clear guidelines and the balance
in order. The Justice may be established among human beings.
Among the attributes of the Divine among the attributes of Allah
among the names is 99 Names of Allah in the Quran is Aladdin and
ship, the justice and the dispense of justice.
So justice is of paramount importance in Islam. And so much
so that neither the religion of a person nor even our hatred
can excuse us from moving away or serving justice. Yeah. Are you a
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Oh, you proclaim faith, stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses
to Allah.
Whether an adverse was on another part, whether allowing for even
against your own self. And in this verse while I remain the
commissioner and coming toward you, that even not your dislike
for people cause you to swell from justice
will be just
Taqwa for that justice is the closest expression to piety.
And therefore, this notion of Taqwa
this pinnacle of human development we do so far i bada Koulibaly QCL
look into the attainment of Taqwa that is closely linked and aligned
with the notion of justice.
I didn't know who actually Taqwa be just for that is a closest
expression.
On the other hand, so abhorrent and hateful is injustice to Allah,
that Allah has forbidden injustice upon himself.
He has further forbidding us from perpetrating injustice against one
another in
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injustice for my
and it among you. So avoid being unjust to one another.
You see, slavery was people can be free from economic exploitation,
free from exclusion, free from social oppression, and free from
all forms of injustice. And therefore, as Muslims in
particular, we need to take a look
at the foundational message of Islam and the foundational message
of the Quran and the Sunnah, the exemplary lessons taught by
Rasulullah through his life Elisa to salaam, and realize that our
Islam, about the narrow confining of our faith, discussions in
practices in our mosques and our institutions, but in the larger
arena of our social
our deen started as a civilizational force,
a civilizational force which sparked the Renaissance, a global
Renaissance mind you. Islam is not a doctrine designed to be
relegated or limited or constricted to disputes among
about secondary issues of argumentation and religious
disagreements, which unfortunately, we are so often
preoccupied with.
Islam is life enhancing. Islam is socially uplifting. It neither
promotes retrogression or backwardness nor encourage
killings and destruction and certainly, it does not promote
negativity and hatred.
So I said at the beginning, we have the confluence of the lunar
month of Muharram of the hegemony calendar, and gorean month of
September Muharram flowed into September in this year. Muharram
is the month in which we
have the prophets beloved grandson, Imam Hussain, who
challenged the tyrannical oppressive rulers of his day who
are by the way,
and reflect the same time on the struggle of Nabi Musa against the
oppressive role of his time.
And the legacy of Libya, Sudan and the memory of the Allah Allah
continues to serve as a beacon of light to all faithful ones who
struggle for freedom and justice.
is everywhere in the world, whoever it may be, and wherever
they are.
The Lions
are saying, provide for us and evidence of moral victory.
The moral victory of right overall of virtue of a vise of principle
over compromise of the oppressed, over the oppressor.
The efforts was in fulfillment of a moral obligation, a moral
obligation
as a universal message that has left a lasting legacy of struggle
and resistance against all forms of corruption and against any
and such kind of mystery, and also in history has always raged on in
the world. In a corrupted world, mind you, as Allama, Iqbal says,
moves out of your own Shapiro's eat into what is Hayato Ahmed
deed, he says, ever since the beginning of time, there are two
opposing forces always at war.
And vice.
Therefore Musa rose against with our own at St. Rose against his
eid and
in keeping with the prophetic spirit and directive of Abdullah
Jihad Kalama to hawk or call him a 200 pound in jail, the best jihad
is to speak out and stand up for justice, face of oppressive rulers
as people have this beautiful land of South Africa, of Azania. We are
in a nostalgic month of September, where we reflect on so many
significant events in our natural in our national heritage and in
our national history.
September is the month in which some of those paid with their
lives. Solomon salute G nine September 1964. Steve been to Beco
drop September 1977. And oppose Imam Abdullah Harun 27, September
yesterday 49 years ago 20 Sep. tember 1969 All of them paid with
the lies for a cause greater than themselves, or victims of brutal,
brutal, unjust and racist apartheid system.
So yesterday was 49 years ago to the day that Imam Harun breathed
his last
game some other parts of the world or another.
But well, who taught some of us,
some of us in prayer, and who inspires so many of us even
Imam, from our community, a family man, a man of the people who
worked for the people, who empowered his people who was loved
by his people. And among that kind of movement of who Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa, he was telling them said, Look, when you
leave the
U haul it to last what used to be the other other.
Haul to nurse, but let me use me it's better for a believer to be
engaged in the struggles of the people engaging people and maybe
in your, in the process, then to remain safe by avoiding the people
in the struggle of the people
in Omaha, and with all segments of society, something which we have
tend to lost because losing touch with ourselves. We are busy very
much in the past year debating whether we can engage ourselves.
Admin if you notice the trend is too far in others. It's rare that
we can engage among
and this is the lowest I think we've gone in our history.
As far as human and social relations are concerned,
particularly in the City of Cape Town, it's always incumbent on an
all embracing
Imam Harun connected segments of society, reach out to the specter
of color of gender of age or of creed.
His brother was on the empowering of the youth. He's concerned for
the well being of society, his ability to reconcile his anti
apartheid activism with his duties as an imam of the Masjid. His
capacity to break down racial barriers, his efforts to aid for
the families of those in need and even of the freedom fighters and
his unique grace of creating interfaith connection. All of
these are exemplary. And all of these are marks of a leader, the
likes of which we haven't seen after that,
in our community.
He was a small man physical size, massive in marble statue.
A valiant voice population of a racist apartheid regime. He risked
arrest, detention, torture, exile and even
on Monday, on to Saudi on Manu de 28th of May 1969. detained under
the Terrorism Act, torture, kept for 123 days with no opportunity
to see his loved ones and passed away on the 27th of September
1969. Due to torture. It was said that he fell off the stairs. Why
he died.
The criminal security branch detained our people.
You see some people don't want to speak about uncomfortable. If you
don't know from where you come you don't know.
If you don't know where you are, you can never know where you're
going. It's very difficult for people that's why we try to wipe
out the memory of our saying it makes cowards like us feel
uncomfortable.
The camera security Breyer detained our people, diabolical
group areas act moved our people. But here we are today at dismissal
for all road
on Mr. Harun Road, bearing testimony to the victory of Mr.
Rule over his tortures, they killed his body.
But his mission is alive. They silence his voice. But his message
continues to inspire his body lies buried, parties participles on in
every person he taught with a younger
in every poor person and family he visited with a melon Burgoyne
when it wasn't fashionable or safe to do.
That we can do the least we can do is to appreciate the life of the
one who gave his life for others.
In the Name of Allah. You see, we do know as Russell said,
koulamallah the noodle fitrah. Every person is born upon a pure
natural disposition every person is born upon a pure natural
disposition is a society in the family and the environment. The
steers him away from that nature.
In the fifth of
all they are living according to the best of the nature, according
to how Allah is designed you
know that those who live according to the purest of the nature, they
are always selfless, because nature itself tends to be
selfless. Nature itself tends to be selfless. Rivers don't drink
their own water.
Trees don't eat their own fruit.
Sun doesn't heat to itself. And flowers don't spread fragrance for
themselves. living for others, is the rule of nature.
Not only were you prepared to fight for what is right.
But we're also willing to die for it.
Not selfishness.
Imam Haru reflected the best of that legacy of that nature, among
our people, in our society, in the city,
living by
fight bodies just even of your own life. And people of faith. And
people of conscience always support the legitimate aspirations
of the oppressed, whoever they are, and wherever they may. It is
our collective duty people of faith to perpetuation of the noble
cause of life as liberators.
And among their primary mission, as we mentioned, the acumen NASA
cultists, that people may live with justice. We are the editors
of that movement of the prophets by our curry Mao shahada, ourself
to that legacy.
But are we at this moment at the
coffee
are we busy fighting over issues of halal and haram which are
significant?
And how much are we involved in fighting for the rights of
documented manifests
and hence the scope
will become disconnected and distant from our from the Bonpo
realities
is a consequence of the past
and we can
It'll be
every tomorrow, possible Vision of Hope. It makes every memory of
significance. And every tomorrow, a possible vision of
Forget the past, we lose the anchor that keeps us getting away
from the reality of history. When we forget the sacrifices made for
our freedom, we start taking our freedom for granted. That is why
we are where we are today, politically in this country. And
we forget our local ones, we begin drifting from our roots. As a
nation, we have to keep our history alive. We have to
consciously ourselves as Muslims, to our collective past, not to
harken back to an imagined golden age, but rather from our mistakes,
and from our successes, to build confidence, confidence to shape
the future and take inspiration from the past to build the future.
We must the lessons we learn from our past
relationships that have infused us, states that protect us
weaknesses that may 1.
Issues that derail us practices that strengthen us causes that may
energize us diversions that distracts us motivate motivations,
that compels us struggles that define us and leaders that inspire
us.
The commemoration of our Shula
revolutionary legacy of Nabi Musa, every year serves to remind us of
the sacrifices of the righteous throughout our glorious history.
And this
provides an ideal opportunity for us to think, to reflect and to
introspect.
When was asked, What are the characteristics of
a person by the name of the hobby the Sajad was the son of Imam
Hussain who survived Karbala.
He said, Allah
Allah will often Halawa was sadaqa. To feel killed, was
sublime dill masiva. Alma angle was sin Grendel health, the mark
of a believer five
righteousness in privacy and in public generosity of spirit, even
when needy,
needy patients and perseverance during trials and tribulation as
dignity even when we are emotionally upset and
truthfulness, even in fear
in the masjid, on Imam Hall road,
and as we stand in this mosquitonix Mulholland road we
confidently proclaim.
Our martyrs did not spill the beans in vain.
Our memories will not be pleased, and our heroes will never be
forgotten. And those who died in the course of Allah, sufficient is
Allah as a testimony for you, while our tax abundant material
fees rely on water,
but ended up being used for the heavy Murata whom Allah.
Allah may have been we'll call him Allah hopefully will
think of those think not of those who are slaying in the path of
Allah. I think both of those was laying in the path of Allah dead.
Finding the sustenance in the very presence of the Lord. Rejoice in
the bounty that Allah provides for them. And with with regard to
those who are left behind, who have not been them, the fact that
and those who have passed on, on them this know and they have no
cause to grief. Apolo kolyada was tough. Rula was salam aleikum wa
rahmatullah.
Just two announcements that I've been asked to make. One is
inshallah tomorrow evening, there is a program on Imam Harun taking
place at the Islamia auditorium tomorrow evening. Commemorating
the life is an annual